Nation's Modship

[citanul]

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When a game explicitly doesn't have a rule saying you can't do something, that usually means that you can do it.

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This is just such a completely [censored]-up mentality. Somebody could easily make your everyday life a living hell without breaking a single rule or law. In every aspect of life, including games, rules will never be sufficient to regulate behaviour.

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arf,

i very much doubt that is the case. the legal code covers these things nicely by including broader definitions for things, and by considering things on a case by case basis. additionally, this is why the law (and rules of games) are mutable things, growing and evolving over time. however, real life is not the same as games.

consider angle shots. true angle shots don't break any rules. they are "scummy" and "unethical" but the player is left to defend themselves, not rely on the card room to protect them. no, when you play speed chess we don't need a rule that states you can't throw sand in your opponent's eyes, but we do have rules for things that actually have to do with game play. there just are things that are not regulated. lack of regulation means that there's no reason that people have to not engage in the activity. if you choose to look down upon an activity, that's fine, but if it's not against the rules, it's not against the rules. there aren't defacto rules just because it's what you, or even a majority of people, think there should be.